March is here and so is the festival of colours. Yes we are talking about Holi. March bring with itself, an aroma of colours. A week before the festival, our office colleagues, friends, all organise holi parties. And who doesn’t want to get wild with the vibrant colours? But you know what? We always forget about the harmful effects of these synthetic colours put on out skin. But let us tell you, with a few prior preparations, we can always protect our skin from the damage caused by the colours. Here are a few tips to remove holi colours from face and other body parts.

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Here Are Some Of Home Remedies Tips To Protect Your Skin and Face From Holi Colours

Cover yourself properly: Try to cover most of your body parts by wearing long sleeved clothes and full length bottoms. This will help you protect the skin from holi colours. Boys can wear full sleeved polo shirts with old denims or trousers and girls can go for full sleeved t shirts or kurtis with denims.   

Apply cold cream or some oil to your exposed body parts: you must be thinking of how to protect skin from the damage. You can apply olive oil, coconut oil or mustard oil on your body parts like your face and hands that are exposed. Apply oil before and after playing with colours. The oil will not let the colours seep into your skin.

Wear glasses: Eyes are the most sensitive body part. While playing with colours, protecting your eyes is the most important thing. Wearing a pair of sunglasses will not only look fashionable but also protect your eyes. Wash your eyes with cold water after you are done playing with colours.

Apply nail polish: Who doesn’t like manicured hands? But what if they get damaged due to the colours? To keep your nails unaffected from the dangerous colours, apply nail polish on them and also trim long nails.

Try not to wear white or light coloured clothes: Light coloured clothes absorb more amount of colour thus causing allergies to your skin. Also these clothes might appear transparent when they become wet so women especially should avoid wearing such clothes to be more comfortable while playing with colours.

Never rub your face or your body to remove colours: Once you are done playing Holi, the next big task is to remove holi colours from face and skin. You should never try to forcibly remove colour from your skin as rubbing your skin can cause further damage. Don’t worry if the colours don’t get off completely but it will come off eventually in a few days.

Apply oil thoroughly to the length of your hair: Before you go out to play Holi, make sure you thoroughly apply oil to your hair. Doing this will make the colours not to stick to your hair and will be removed easily.

Home remedies for removing holi colour: If you failed to do the prior preparations, or you still got some very strong colours, you can try this holi colour remover. Make a smooth paste by taking 1 tsp almond powder, 1 tsp honey, 2 drops lemon juice and little milk. Mix them and gently scrub the paste on the body parts and all the excess colour will come out.

As you have learnt all the tips and now that you know how to remove holi colours from skin, you can get drenched in the colours and have a fun filled festival.

Happy Holi!!